July 20, 2017 Santa Barbara, CA Ricky Reynoso (Pacific), Parker Joe Robinson (Texas) and Will Tomlinson (Brown) combined to throw a two-hitter, Jake Pulcheon (Houston Baptist) and Paul Gomez each got a two-out RBI and the only triple-play in the league this summer helped the Orange County Riptide beat the Santa Barbara Foresters 3-2 today at Pershing Park. The Orange County trio of pitchers, who struck out ten while walking three, allowed two runs in innings in which they did not allow a hit. Reynoso, who started and struck out five in six innings, allowed one run in the first inning by giving up a walk to leadoff hitter Austin Todd (Texas) who then stole two bases and scored on an RBI-ground out, and Tomlinson, who pitched the final inning to pick up the save, hit the leadoff batter he faced, balked him to second, wild pitched him to third and gave up a sacrifice fly for the second Santa Barbara run. Of the two hits the Foresters did get, Reynoso stranded the first in the fourth inning and Santa Barbara ran one off the bases in the sixth when Todd led off with a single, advanced to second on a sacrifice bunt with no out recorded and, when Josh Jung (Texas Tech), who had both RBI in the game for the Foresters, grounded into a double-play, Todd tried to score from second but was thrown out at the plate for a triple play. Joey Parente led off the game with a single and scored to give the Riptide a 1-0 lead when Pulcheon drove him in with a two-out single. The Riptide took the lead in the second when Gomez, again with two outs, doubled home Tate Shaw (Texas) from first and added an unearned run in the seventh when Shaw, who finished with a game-high three hits, singled, stole a base and scored on an error. Robinson, who came into the game for two innings in relief of Reynoso, extended his scoreless summer to 15 1/3 innings pitched, retiring six of seven today with four strikeouts. Click here for recaps of this game Elsewhere around the CCL today: San Luis Obispo, CA The Conejo Oaks scored five runs in their first at bat on only two hits, a two-run single by DJ Miller (Ole Miss) and a two-run home run by Chase Cockrell (Ole Miss), then scored seven runs in the third, capped by a two-out grand slam by Brandon Lewis (LA Pierce JC), on their way to beating the San Luis Obispo Blues 16-6 tonight at Sinsheimer Park. The win moves the Oaks one game in front of the Blues for the CCL Central Division berth in the CCL playoffs a week from tomorrow in Compton, likely the only path into the playoffs for either team although, mathematically, they are both still in contention for the wild card berth. Max Weinstein (Cal Lutheran) and Sam Shaikin (Valparaiso) each had two RBI for the Oaks, while Andrew Ramos (Cumberlands) and Justin Beck (San Jose St), who hit a solo home run in the eighth inning, drove in two each for the Blues. Cockrell, who added a single and a double later in the game, finished with a game-high three hits. Click here for recaps of this game Compton, CA Wesley Albert (Lee) struck out seven in five innings, Joe Mercado (Dominguez Hills) struck out six over four innings, allowing only one hit each, and Randy Rubio (Marymount) drove in two runs with a bases-loaded single to give the Academy Barons a lead in the third inning they would not give back as the Barons beat the Ventura Halos 6-1 today at the MLB Youth Academy. Hunter Allen (Alabama State) had an RBI-single, Donovyn Curiel (Citrus JC) drove in two with a single and an RBI-ground out, and Bruce Martin (Stetson) hit a double, a single and scored twice to lead the Barons. Devan Peterson (Harvard) hit a solo home run in the third inning and Dayton Provost (Ventura JC) doubled to lead off the ninth to account for the only Ventura hits. Aside from the home run by Peterson, only one other batter reached base on Albert, via a fielding error, and, in total, he retired 15 of 17 batters faced. Mercado, who gave up two walks as well as Provost’s double, retired 12 of 15. Click here for recaps of this game La Mirada, CA Shay Whitcomb (UC San Diego) hit a two-run home run and an RBI-double, Evan Sandmann (Dallas Baptist), Anthony Seminaris (Arkansas-Ft Smith) and Mitchell Bumann (Hawaii-Pacific) each hit RBI-doubles, and Grant Robbins (UNLV) and Jonathan Ducoff (Houston Baptist) had four hits each to lead the Southern California Catch to a 17-hit, 13-6 win over the Arroyo Seco Saints today at Biola University. The win came on the heels of the completion of a suspended game from June 14 between the same two teams that ended with an almost identical score but with the teams reversed, Arroyo Seco winning 13-5. The split result of the two games today reduced the elimination number for the Saints to just one. One win by the Orange County Riptide or the Neptune Beach Pearl, or one loss by the Saints eliminates Arroyo Seco from playoff contention. Click here for recaps of this game Fairfield, CA Max Smith (UNLV) had four hits, including a two-run home run, and Willy Homza (Brown), Kyle Krebs (Solano CC) and Mickey Nunes each had three to lead the Rockville Rock Hounds to a 15-13 win over the Walnut Creek Crawdads today at Yarborough Stadium. The game was a blowout win for Rockville up until the ninth inning when the Crawdads scored nine runs on six hits, including on two-run doubles by Brennan Mauchline (Academy of Art) and Grant Chapman (Los Medanos). Daylen Calicdan (Hawaii), who had two singles in the ninth inning for Walnut Creek, earlier hit a solo home run and another single to finish with a game-high four hits along with Smith. Krebs, who had a bases-clearing three-run double in the fifth inning, Smith and the Crawdads’ Nick Simmons (Diablo Valley) led all run producers with three RBI. Click here for recaps of this game